Ster-Kinekor sales is the representative in South Africa for the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, which takes place from Monday, 22 June to Friday, 26 June. It is also sponsoring the local leg of the Film category of the Young Lions competition.

As such, they are calling for registrations from teams comprising two professionals or freelancers (an art director and a copywriter, both aged 30 or younger and born on or after Thursday, 22 June 1989) who currently work as art directors, producers, filmmakers and creatives.

Teams must register for the South African competition between Tuesday, 18 February and Thursday, 27 February. Individuals can register at [email protected].

A brief will be published on Friday, 28 February from 12:00. Once the brief goes live, teams will have 48 hours to film, edit and deliver a 60-second commercial on the topic provided.

All creative must be submitted by Monday, 2 March before 12:00. A panel of judges will then review the content received. The winners will be announced on Thursday, 13 March.

The winning team will go on to represent South Africa in France at the 66th Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity. There, they will compete against other winning teams from around the world for being crowned this year's Young Lions. 

For more information, visit www.canneslions.com. You can also follow the Cannes Young Lions on Facebook, Twitter or on Instagram.